Robert Allan JamesandClaude Sonnet 5
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font_8x16.c keeps rendering everything through and including POST; TTF-TEXT's rasterizer takes over at the interactive REPL boundary (sk_repl()) via a new runtime mode switch, vt100_enable_ttf() (console_fb_enable_ttf() wrapper), not a compile-time swap -- both backends coexist in the same binary since boot/POST must stay font_8x16.c per this item's own done-when. TTF-TEXT (the FORTH word) isn't directly callable from vt100.c -- VM stack arguments, different call shape than a one-glyph cell draw. Used hal/ttf.c's VM-independent primitives directly instead (same rasterizer TTF-TEXT itself calls underneath), added as a native C helper in vt100.c. Lazily loads fonts:JetBrainsMono-Regular.ttf and kmallocs a 96-slot raster cache (covers all 95 printable ASCII, no eviction thrash) on first switch. Cell geometry changes at the switch (mode-aware cell_w()/cell_h()): provisional 12x24 TTF cell (600/1000em * 20px = 12px exactly, using 4.4i's confirmed-uniform hmtx advance width) vs font_8x16's fixed 8x16 -- cols/rows re-derived and screen cleared at the switch point, same as vt100_init() itself does. Final REPL text size is 4.4m's decision, not this item's. Also fixes the second call site 4.4i flagged: erase_line_range() now uses one fb_fill_rect() instead of a per-cell font_8x16-specific blank glyph draw, consistent with erase_display(2)'s full-screen case. Three-arch verified: amd64/aarch64/riscv64 all reach ok>, POST Failed: 0, identical dict-hashes. amd64 screendump shows real proportional JetBrains Mono letterforms on the REPL tail, visibly distinct from every prior font_8x16 screenshot. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
include/
Public headers for the hosted StarForth VM (src/). Kernel-only headers
live under include/starkernel/.
Core VM
vm.h— theVMstruct and all core types (DictEntry,DictPhysics, stacks, dictionary state); the central header most other files include.vm_api.h— external VM API surface.vm_host.h,vm_debug.h,startup.h,version.h— host integration, debug utilities, startup sequencing, version string.cli.h,repl.h,io.h,log.h— CLI parsing, REPL loop, I/O, logging.word_registry.h— word registration system shared by everysrc/word_source/*.cfile.compudynamics.h— the generic compudynamics module: tuning-word/config lookups (cd_tuning_word(),cd_tuning_vm()) consumed byssm_jacquard.c.
Memory / blocks
memory_management.h,dictionary_management.h— dictionary allocator and search.block_subsystem.h,blkcfg.h,blkio.h,blkio_factory.h— logical→ physical block mapper and pluggable block I/O backends (file/RAM).platform_alloc.h,platform_lock.h,platform_time.h— platform abstraction shims (hosted vs. kernel allocation/locking/timing).
Physics-driven adaptive runtime (7 feedback loops)
physics_runtime.h— main physics coordinator.physics_hotwords_cache.h— Loop #1, execution-heat hot-words cache.physics_metadata.h— per-wordDictPhysicsmetadata tracking.physics_pipelining_metrics.h— Loop #4, word-transition prediction.physics_execution_hooks.h— execution instrumentation hook points.rolling_window_of_truth.h,rolling_window_knobs.h— Loop #2 circular execution-history buffer and its tuning knobs.inference_engine.h— Loops #5/#6, window-width and decay-slope statistical inference.dictionary_heat_optimization.h— Loop #1 heat counters.ssm_jacquard.h— L8 Jacquard steady-state mode selector.doe_metrics.h— Design of Experiments (2^7 factorial) metrics.profiler.h— performance profiling hooks.
Arithmetic / codegen
q48_16.h— Q48.16 deterministic fixed-point arithmetic (used instead of IEEE-754 float specifically to keep cross-architecture behavior bit-identical).math_portable.h— portable math helpers.arch_detect.h,starforth_config.h— architecture detection and the build-flag fallback-default layer (used when a.cfile is compiled by hand withoutmake).vm_asm_opt.h,vm_asm_opt_arm64.h,vm_asm_opt_riscv64.h,vm_inner_interp_asm.h,vm_inner_interp_arm64.h,vm_inner_interp_riscv64.h— per-architecture assembler-optimized inner interpreter (USE_ASM_OPT=1).
See include/starkernel/README.md for the bare-metal kernel headers.